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The Opelousas courier., 1887-11-12
Death of a Famous Conmander.

A dispatch from Gainesville, Ga, an
nounces the death of Capt. Daniel Ct. Cam
dier, Of the famous Banks County Guards.
Banks county WIS always noted for it's free
dom from the eonventionalities of society,
and ltd inhabitants could not brook enforced
restraint. When the war broke out the Banks
county boys organized o cen and an
odd company it was, entirely democratic j IN
it's makeup, and with little respect for
q captain the schoolrnaster, Daniel G.. Cam
der, was elected to that office. Capt. Can
der knew the Importance of his office, but
he also knew the nature of his men, and he
adopted q military code of his own, which,
while not approved by military tactieians,
MAS the only code which the Banks County
Guards would recognize.
Gentlemen, - the captain would say, 'iyou
will be kind enough to accompany me into
the battle tomorrow
.sGentiemen, please come to attention.
Swing around hke a gaie-swingw
March oblique. like a worm fence.m
In q straight line, like a later row-git ~
will my kind friend in the first four hold
up his head ~
Such excessive regard for the feelings of
His men would nave died for him, because
he was not stuck upn like the other officers.
Many of The stories told of Capt. Candler's
peculiar commands are, of course, exagger-
ated, but they are all based apon the fact
that the company was extremely democratic.
and that Capt. Gambler was really q kind
hearted man. When the war was over thcee
men were again Capt. Candler's aeighbors.
and loyal neighbors, too. The captain was
born in Columbia county, in 1919, and was
the father OF Congressman A. ID. Gambler.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-11-12
A Fair One at a Ban

Bunalc courier.
A gentle, lovely woman entered a Mds
street bank yesterday. She wanted q eha4
cashed, SO she went to the receiving selas
window and thrust the check in. TIE tH
showed ii back.
Next wlnder. he said.
Next winter?, can't wait till next Es
ter, y exclaimed the lady.
81 said next winder, shouted the teIa.
''w-i-n-d-o-w, winder; tother winder.n
''Oh, yes, but this is the receiving wAdeE
isptit?'
Yves, but you can't get any money herr
But I'm going to receive it, alntIfH
MOT here you amt; go to the other En'
der: he'll fix YOU"
The lady was still uncertain, but she EtaI
and showed in her check. The polite ofGsl
thrustit back. Its not Endorsed, madam,
said he.
mot Endorsed? What does that meant
is your name Tueker?n
"P'r'aps it is and pr'aps it isn't. Rhi
business is that o. yours? 2"
rs this Your name on the face Of is
check?"
"Wel, you've got to indorse it. =
That's what you said before. What z
You mean9" 4.
You must write your lame across y
back of it."
but my names on it already"
"On the front. That ainit enough: y
must be across the back
'-Oh, we'll. gi'me it" She took it and csis.
fully wrote her name upside down across ts
bottom OF the check and handed it in.
lyon Endorsed it wrong, madam
"How'd know how you Wantsdit It'll Wll
didn't you tell me?"
Il thought I dit. Here, write i acroi
the top, so, " and the teller painfully sh0Eel
piled. The teller thereupon cashed hefeisk
with two silver dollars. q,
81 amt going to take those, she saA
''Gi'me bills" q.
The teller sighed and gave her two LOIS
w~heleupon she picked up her parasol snau
parted.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-11-12
What Is the Connectinna

John z. Mckay, Of st. Louis: [ have for
years been a voracious reader of periodical
religious literature, and think that I am as
good q theologian as my neighbors, but there
Is one question which / have long been in
vain trying to solve, and that is the exact re-
lation been religion and diseases of the diges-
tive organs. One would naturally suppose
that there was no connection whatever, but a
glance at the columns Of many of the re-
ligions weeklies will reveal the fact that
praises of bile beans, acid phosphate. won
derfal decoctions for the. benefit OF the ali
nentary canQls, and similar articles, are
scattered broadcast among sage reiec-
life, and quotations from famous clergymen.
The daily press, which is addressed at once
to the just n unjust, sometimes contains a
few lines injected into reading matter which
properly belong to tine advertising columns,
but not nearly to the extent that this is car
RED in u religious publications. OF course
the editors of the latter have some object in
thus arranging their reading matter, and I
cannot but suppose it is because they know
that their readers are especially in need of
bodily as well as spiritual regeneration that
the soul and digestive & are placed in
such close. literary ~iu1taposition. 1he con-
uectlon might be interesting tn trace
The Opelousas courier., 1887-11-12
Paganini's Famous ybolins,

JuA 0E.F
Prot. M. II. Grist, the violin teacher at the
Maryland Institute for the Blind, contributes
the following Interesting item to the sun:
The Crernona vio5ins are the delight Of con-
noIsseure. These remarkable instruments
were made by the Amaties, S~tradiyariuses and
Guarnerluses, who resided il Cremona, Italy,
between 1920 and 1885. Besides these most
famous makers there we're others very highly
esteemed, such as Ghspa1d di Sale, Msrin;
and Bergonzi. Montagnana exceiled them
all by his rich varnish, and also made some
very fine yiolOncellos. About the year 1890.
Nlcolo Faganini, the first great virtuoso of
the violin, commenced his collection of the
famous instruments to which reference ia
made in this notice, and the discovery of one
OF his victims in Baltimore gives fresh inter-
est to the subject. During his tourin France
and England this Wondrous player succeeded
in obtaining seven of the finest violins to be
got TOR money. They consisted Of one by
Anaafl, W by Stradiyarius, one by Magini
and three by Gaarnerins. The greatest
fayoT1teof these seven Instruments was the
specimen known as tGuarnefi1s
del Jesu, 3 dated 1743, and is now deDagitee9
N the museum at Genoa. The other six instru-
were presented to the finest artists If
Europe II 1870, viz, De Beriot, Msyseder.
Sphor, M0liaue, David and Ernst. THE
writer has endeavored TO ascertain ti1e
whereabouts of these instruments. but has
succeeded In placing only two of them. The
AnaatIs gwen TO De Beriot was sold IN Paris
aoout twenty years ago to Or. Erick, of Bal
falnofes of whose death the violin and other
instruments Eere presented o the
The Opelousas courier., 1887-11-12
The Crown Princess Victoria,


The Crown Princess Victoria is determined
70 SIT one day III the throne blythe side of
her husband. She possesses the tenacity of
the. Coburgs, and she inherited Queen Vic
tnf1as viii and energy, and thereby exer-
cIses great Intlueree over her husband. The
crown PrincesS has yet many revenges to
take, for her heart has often bIed from the
tre$tment she has had 10 endure at the hands
9f the proud and malicious Empress Augusta
iF1ncess Victoria hates Bismarck. She cannot
forgive him for the opinion lie. expressed
about her children, his coarser Ss and his
perseverance in trying to ignore her.
The Crown Princess does not mean to
retire to a quiet GJrner at potsdam
or at Windsor, and she does not mean
to ole before she is something. This
something. Is to become the EMPRESS. II is
she who inspires the Grown Prince with
courage and energy to overcome his illness.
FRINGE Bismarck breads the pride and snife
OF this woman. He fears that, as Her Ma
Jesty, she. witt open the way to prineipieg
different from those on which he foTnded
the eLlplre. She means to adopt real consti.
tutional principles for governing Germany
one alIas at stopping, personal and auto
crauc government, She desires that the
voice OF the nation be heard. In short, she
wishes everything which Bismarck believes
would be the ruin Of Germany. Bismarck is
convinced that if Princess Victoria were TO
pc Empress even for one Year only, irrepara-
PIE damage wou!d be done to Germany.
Inns Is the reason why Blsmarck wishes moth
ing more f~ervently than that the life of the
emperor should be spared aslong as possible,
The Opelousas courier., 1887-11-12
BOYS AS INVENTORS.
Grand Mechanical Devices Produced by
Mere Striplings.

Some of the most important inventions
have been the work of mere boys. The in
yention OF the valve motion to the steam en-
gype was made by q boy. Watt left the en-
fact that he had no way to open or close the
valves except by means OF levers operated by
hand. He set up a large engine
al one OF the mines, and q boy
Although this was not hard work, yet it re-
quired his constant attention. AS he was
working these levers he saw the parts of the
engine moved in the right direction, and at
the exact time he had to open or close the
valves. He produced = long, strong cord,
and made one end fast to the proper part of
the engine and the other to the valve lever.
Then he had the perfect satisfaction of see
iarity of motion. A short time after the fore
man came around and saw the boy playing
marbles at the door. Looking at the engine
he soon saw the ingenuity of the boy, and
also the advantage of SO great an invention.
MIR. Watt then carried out the bos 8 inventive
genius in 81 practical form, and made the
steam engine a perfect automatic working
machine. Tie power loom is the invention
of q farmer boy, who had never seen or
heard of such G thing. He cut one out with
a knife, and after he had got it all done he,
with great enthusiasm, showed it to his
ing ina1 thst hs A ! Sf have e'G no BOY !; s 3 s5sf lin S1 i
would spend Rfs time on such foolish things.
IA boy was af@rwWra ~apprentfced to a
Y c@ksinlfll, and ne soon found thGt his new
s.draster was kind and took 4 lively interest in
him. He made a loom of what was left of
the one his father had broken up, whicA he
showed to his master. The blacksmith saw
that he had no common boy for an appren-
tice, and that the Invention was a very val
liable one. He Immediately had = loom
constructed under the supervision CT the
boy. 1t worked to their perfect satisfac-
ton, and so the blacksmith furnished the
means to manufacture the G@oms, the boy to
receive one-half the profits. In about a year
the blacksmith wrote to the boys father that
he should visit HIM, and bring with him q
wealthy gentleman, who was the inventor
of the celebrated loom. You may be
able to judge the establishment of
the old MAI when his son was
presented as the inventor, who told him the
loom was the same as the model he tthe
father had kicked to pieces a year before.
Smaetou. the CREST @pechaEic, when a boy,
Gisdained the ordinary playthings of boy
hood One day, after having watched some
mill-wrights, he was discovered, to the great
distress of his fanilySil a situation Of ex-
IRENE danger, fixing aWind-mS on the top
of the barn. He afterward built the Eddy
lighthouse in the midst of the waves.
Cyrus Ii. Mccormick was not twenty-tw0
years old when he produced the first practi-
cal reaper the world ever saw.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-11-12
,rouv =. AND nwAcoy.,,
Sullivan's First Fight Away from Hons
and How 1t Was Made.

Larry Dyer in Boston Globe.
Among the hundreds who gathered to
teuder Champion Sullivan a royal send-ot
was j. B. Mccormack, who was foremost III
in the tistic world. ASH. B. Mccormack, this
gentleman is not very well known, but as
Macon, I" the pugilistic writer, his name has
become very nearly as famous as that OF the
champion himself.
He has worked on the sporting departments
of several papers in different parts OF the
country, and his connection With John Il;
dates back to the time when he was employed
on the Cincinnati Enquirer.
The history Of the matter is that some
time in 1879 he took a trip to New York,
where he met Ed Perry, Of the Boston
IHerald, and the latter induced him to extend
then with the Boston Theatre Company.
One evening these two met Patsey Sheppard,
who, by the way, had been an old acqnalnt-
ance of Mccormack in England, and then
passed a few hours together. During the
conversation Sheppard said that there was a
good, strong young fellow here who was
looked, upon by many as the coming man,
but as ne had not had much chance, az OPP
posed to good men, it could scarcely be said
that he has been tried.
Pugilists were rather scarce in Cincinnati,
and thinking that his would be a good
good fight, Mccormack asked to be shown
the man, and Oh the following day a talk was
had with Sullivan, and he was asked on what
terms he would go to Cincinnati TO fight John
Donaldson, who WAS then9T9She" heayFN eight
of that part of the country.
Sullivan, previous to that time, had never
had a fight farther away from home than
Springfield, and scarcely knew what terms to
make: MCCORMACK then told him that he
would pay all his expenses, including rail,
road fare, to and from Cincinnati, hotel
bills, ETC., and give him 800 il he would
fight the man. To this Sullivan agreed, pro-
yiding it was put in writing, So Mccormack
drew up q little agreement. binding himself
to do what he had said. This was read by
Sullivan, but when Patsey Sheppard av0wed
that anything Mccormack said was binding,
Sullivan handed the TAPER back to Meteor
mack, and it is at present preserved in the
scrap-book of the latter.
/. All these matters being arranged, Sullivan
ing for his battle, which was to be for q purse
Of 5000. The readers of the Gl0te will,
man of them, remember how this fight
came out. Donaldson stood up to his man
for ten rounds by running away from Sulll-
van, but the latter finally finished him. This
was eighteen months Def IRE his fight with
Ryan at New Orleans, and there have been
many changes since that day. Donaldson il
AZ present managing Patsey Cardiff, Sulli-
vans last opponent, and it would seem very
funny o to hear that John l.. would fight
for a purse of $500.
Mccormack has been with Sullivan at
the last to bid him goodbye on the Cepha-
lonia. Something about his connection with
Sullivan got whispered aboard the Daily,
and he was at once called upon for 3 speech,
when he told the people assembled the above
story.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-11-12
Sylvanus Cobb's Will.

Inc will of the late Sylvanus Cobb, Jr., OF
hyde Park, has been flied in the Probate
Court at HedhGm. 1t was written by the tes-
tator himself, is dated March 80. 1874, and
was Witnessed by Judge Henry b. Terry, w.
Ii. Ilgersoll and H. c. Chamberlain, all of
Hyde Park at that time. After the widow,
daughters ard ~grandchild of the ~testator are
comfortably provided for in accordance with
the provisions of the instrument, the will
goes on to state: And [ appoint my wife,
Mary Jane, sole executrix of this my last will
and testament, with full powers to carry out
my desires as herein expressed, according to
her judgment ana convenience, and she shall
not be called upon to give bonds, nor shall
she be h4mpefed in any way, The efforts of
her life nave been united with mine III the
gaining of our home, and [ thus bat render
her what is her due. But / ask her, III the
event of her marrying again, that she shall
estimate the value of the property remaining
IN heI possession derived from the provisions
OF the instrument. INC that she will, before
such marriage IS eonsumnlated, give to my
daughter, Ella Wait. one-third of said prop.
erty. And [ do set it down as my express de-
sire that no member of my family or relative
OF friend shall for me put on at any time any
outward badge OF mourning, Let no black
ness of Grape or funeral weeds cast it's gloom
upon my memoir / would that my beloved
ones should seek the brightness and fragrance
OF faith and trust in God rather than the
gloom which belongs to doubt and unrest. [
go to find more light. Add We not % the
darkness who remain behind. God bless you
all.1
The Opelousas courier., 1887-11-12
OPHTR FIRM.
Mr. d. o. Mills Becomes Owner of the
Famous Halliday Property.

Famous Halliday Property.
New YoRK.-The w~ell-known 0uhir Farm,
named by Ben Halliday after his famous
b. George ". Qnintard, assignee Of the late
John Roach. The farm comprises about
1900 acres of the best land in the town of
Harrison, 1t is three miles east of White
Plains and it commands a fine view of Long
Island Sound, It was originally known as
the Charles Miller farm. Ben Halliday, in
his palmy days, bou ght the place and built a
stone castle on it. His first wife was a Cath
Ole, and to please her he built a stone
chapel, in which services were to be held.
Everything was to be in baronial style. Mrs.
Halliday, young Ben Halliday and their
two daughters, who married frenchmen of
title and who both met sad deaths while still
voung, are buried under the chapel Haiii-
day probably spent 5000, 600 on the place.
decided the property 70 his wife, and she
t the property el5 s should % b otaS to s,i len nef 's''h
After Halliday went West again his wife
got angry at something, aud made anothe.
will without his knowledge, leaving the
gbE isd" FSa t aa1Iidax t G ~aeG nr She then tSn
first Will. Getting into financial difficulty,
he mortgaged the property with The Mutual
Life insurance Company for 500, 900, and
August Belmont took a second MOI Lgage for
another 500, 900. Atout this time the sec
ord will GANG TO light, and the first viii was
contested. The case was compromised in
some WAY, and the first viii stood. Halliday
failed and the place fell into the hands of the
Mutual Life. The place did not bring
enough 60 cover the first mortgage, ard Nh.
Belmont lost his S1C0, OG3. Eight or nine
years later the plsce Was sod to John Roach.
the ship-buildef. hIr. Roach spaut , coo
in improving it. He then failed, and now it
has come into asr. Mills haHds. During all
this time the house has stood gloomy and
vacant. just Us the successive owners got
ready 10 occupy it, they died or had financial
misfortunes. It is reported that Mr.. stills
has purchased the place for his daughter,
Mrs Whitelaw Reid. The price paid has not
been made public.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-11-12
An Old Cooks Dream.

BRIDGEPORT, Conn, Oct. So
0'ConneIl has been employed as COOK y N
Bishop family for many years, SIZE Mas M
in charge of Dr.. and Mrs. Sidney bl aa,sSf
residence on Washington avenue asrT I
that family's absence the, past srpiaas se \
Europe. Last saturday she was fahe 9b M
ously i'll. She had q terrible dream on aapa1
day night, which haunted her. she eIssif HI
that the Seryia, on which DR.: Bislop aad
family were expected to arrive on pun
was in a terrific storm at sea ans
little children cried to her to save t1eIss i.
8 o'clock Saturday evening her c9lleislgas g Eaa
qenlo 80 her 6sIlG 20 . I reiat i've s Eoase, IS shs q q
not want the family TO find her tiesaah M M
upon her employers, return. ~ HI
II PeauonnocI street, where she ezpiTeas 4
IL O'Clock Saturday night. Dir. B1sh91s ss
arrived home this afternoon alia I'D 4;
that their poor old cooks dream was adn assd
On Thursday last the Servla eneotnsSms
storm and many OF the passsEs~
they would 90 10 the bottom.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-11-12
THE KIOWA MEDIcFvra
R~anarLr-hI. Um JVNl
win the Favor of the Great a>s !
Correspondence Courier-Jo,nn.e Spirit, =

Remarkable Efforts of tho
cor,a win tho Favor of the Great snfa
by inVltatlon OF Sun Boy, the ON ~ E
pEa l recently attended, wifi !ailef o.
paieiaces, {he great medicine Do La,hfee d;
TafllNe trlRe. Tho place seiee esace of
4 Rae vas forty miles west Of th;oa tfr
9'1iy aoIi na creek, a tribuiorgIlas e
w wtSilt 10 ilTeri The place was Nq VII 81 Y
Will JnsS timber enough for SSs4 ea0ss
The eos Ki !, spt fd,G' 10 supply drinkipgr'. Oh
DANCE annually, but owing T. tfsd in
OF buffalo, they have o6Iy 1Ae seafs
in the past five yearu 'ny had III
st least, IS ESSENTIAL "f t. IN 9ne bass3
dance M they had to 90 nS nedidsl
9nd pay 500 cash to obtain 5eg ndSs
lance. IL vas Just sunset Whe one iorS.
hLIlVe&. a place was pointed o m qar RFiiz
2ls oi ne GAiefS, orr tepee erso III VI
t HITS tIHk@a % grass and oar Satsed, &a
w w:er1 ~ no % IN lils WORK was done b. s seEsi
prise WEI wera 1is sea tea I" supper, and to o g1aa v
ons fepaSt, OF which we sh0wedf - = sunpss
o!atlon IN a very decided mapne ouf aapps
III party could talk Kiova- s gu QCned
programme, and. being weary fro Nc gov tht5
travel, turned il and We're snnnni ~ u oilr dgySS
or Morpheus. We were astir" IL II tlle afss1
next morning, and after a heart haaylst
OF 3eeI ana coffee, but no bread psesEtsss
cGgded 10 take IN the sights. We ps
me ctle9hnpment consisted OF aoa,,
H VIZ III q circle about one ana So J
lniies IN circumference. In tba@ lau : bill
this circle the medicine lodge We ny. celtre
IL was a circle 100 feet in cir %a9 erectd
with poies set III the ground ahonu4t 4tiefenps
apart, and green brush i~nterworoons louf Id
that one could not See throrob = y 30 tasg
centre was q pole about forty feat Ia ll
on which the buffalo hide was ~ lelgA.
on me west SIDE was placed the idHiA
"orslilp, which was a figure cut FROM rnoa WI
anont thirteen Inches high, reaan stsg2s
sphlGThat a mummy, On either ~
w Iooa was q cone-shaped pile Of Y &
from which issued contin1allv 'ne III
black smoke from one side and . Kin .Ta
from the other. How this smoke D was sLaoSSH
ated IS beyond my ken. On The eos gelss
circle was an opening, through Wy al
Sol threw his Respondent raSs fmnhaie:l GU
lace OF the IDOL as he lifted his b en a U
the eastern horizon. The dog so TTsssu Vol
danclng. The dog Indian is one WbadS.ss "a
11 4tI days and nights without food Or w. saa
= lie n"ll"1g lancer come next on tbe g
gfahllle Iiey dance fonr days and = pidss
without sleep, but are allowed to tske ai e
and water occasionally in small o ,rne ~
Ihey, II falthful, are h0nored by ttbe a aaa
Spirit. The, dog soldiers had been AT uaH
three fESs when we arrived, but ono NSS !
this was enough for Us. They danes5 ~! se
from sheer exhaustion, they WouId fo T aas4
ground, when they would be carlebt " ' Z
Two or three staIwart bucks and csrrie ~ u
iioie OF wei sand and mud and rolled tSas
The Opelousas courier., 1887-11-12
nd protects pot only dumb animals, but

and protects. not only dumb animals, but
also young children and idiots,
Apropos OF women at confectioners', some
days ago, In a much-frequented candy store,
l sS# a pretty, well-dressed, re~fnedlookfng
girl order a box Of candy to be sent TO some
man. The saleslady. one of those superior
young women with a PARKWAY stare and all
iceberg manner, inquired loudly, as she
wrote the order:
IBID yoq say the Christian name was
lawrence, murmured the girl, locking
"Laxfencei' in a surprised and dis
pleased tone, Its a gentleman, then 81
Everybody near by heard this and turned
TO look. III poor girl, in an agony of en-
bGrrassment, muttered the rest of the ad-
Three men behind her, waiting to leave Or
ders, now. came II. The two first appearing
suddenly in the sa4ualAdy's line of vision, her
e~eountenanoe thawed, and became sudden
y Illuminated with a beautiful sozo-
she cooked her head in a very killing sort Of
way, and kept looking up at them out Of this
tail of her e.e most ~beWitchingly. The tllHS
man, who was best looking, altogether ePdfie
most elegant and lofty, was impervious to
these chances, and looked bored. There
was some delay in producing his change, and
after taking ont his watch twice, he grew
desperate, and turning 10 her said impa-
tiently:
rs my charge never coming9 I've been
waiting here an Internationally long time"
At this she bridled, and with 8 languish-
ing. coy glance.
DO you fndit SO very long, waiting here
with me 2"
You never saw o more surprised looking
man; He stared at her blankly for a mo-
ment, then turned away. pulling his NOUS
tache to hide an irrepressible smile. Tile
AT0OnaUt,